Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, 1st Test

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE 2026 · Test/5day · Thu, 5 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC · Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Finished – Match drawn

Afghanistan: 514 (169.4 ov)
Zimbabwe: 504 (134.3 ov) & 523/5 (122.1 ov)

Zimbabwe · 1st innings: 504 (134.3 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Innocent Kaia	c Rahmanullah Zadran b Qais Ahmad	34	51	5	0	66.67
Ben Curran	b Mohammad Saleem	42	113	3	0	37.17
Brendan Taylor	c Ziaur Rahman Sharifi b Hashmatullah Shahidi	131	168	14	4	77.98
Brian Bennett	c Zia ur Rehman Akbar b Qais Ahmad	128	206	11	0	62.14
Craig Ervine	lbw b Zia ur Rehman Akbar	4	16	0	0	25
Antum Naqvi	c Ikram Alikhil b Zia ur Rehman Akbar	9	15	1	0	60
Wesley Madhevere	c Ikram Alikhil b Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	54	70	9	0	77.14
Tafadzwa Tsiga	lbw b Qais Ahmad	44	81	5	1	54.32
Graeme Cremer	not out	34	51	4	0	66.67
Newman Nyamhuri	lbw b Mohammad Saleem	8	25	0	0	32
Blessing Muzarabani	b Mohammad Saleem	5	11	1	0	45.45

Extras: 11

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Saleem	27.3	5	82	3	2.98
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	20	3	79	1	3.95
Zia ur Rehman Akbar	46	7	170	2	3.7
Qais Ahmad	27	2	120	3	4.44
Shahidullah Kamal	2	0	11	0	5.5
Hashmatullah Shahidi	12	2	31	1	2.58

Afghanistan · 1st innings: 514 (169.4 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sediqullah Atal	c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Graeme Cremer	105	213	6	3	49.3
Abdul Malik	c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri	2	14	0	0	14.29
Rahmanullah Zadran	run out	113	188	12	1	60.11
Rahmat Shah	st Tafadzwa Tsiga b Graeme Cremer	173	347	14	3	49.86
Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Brian Bennett b Newman Nyamhuri	6	14	0	1	42.86
Shahidullah Kamal	c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri	0	6	0	0	0
Ikram Alikhil	c Ben Curran b Graeme Cremer	40	83	5	0	48.19
Qais Ahmad	c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri	27	39	5	0	69.23
Zia ur Rehman Akbar	c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Blessing Muzarabani	15	99	2	0	15.15
Mohammad Saleem	b Newman Nyamhuri	9	14	2	0	64.29
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	not out	7	3	0	1	233.33

Extras: 17

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Blessing Muzarabani	35	9	93	1	2.66
Newman Nyamhuri	30.4	5	82	5	2.67
Wesley Madhevere	15	2	38	0	2.53
Graeme Cremer	55	4	177	3	3.22
Antum Naqvi	29	0	92	0	3.17
Brian Bennett	5	0	18	0	3.6

Zimbabwe · 2nd innings: 523/5 (122.1 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Innocent Kaia	lbw b Zia ur Rehman Akbar	1	14	0	0	7.14
Ben Curran	c Shahidullah Kamal b Zia ur Rehman Akbar	12	22	1	0	54.55
Brendan Taylor	run out (Ikram Alikhil)	82	88	11	2	93.18
Brian Bennett	b Mohammad Saleem	58	86	6	0	67.44
Craig Ervine	not out	206	279	23	2	73.84
Antum Naqvi	c Shahidullah Kamal b Abdul Malik	61	136	2	0	44.85
Wesley Madhevere	not out	100	108	2	3	92.59

Extras: 3 · Did not bat: Tafadzwa Tsiga, Graeme Cremer, Newman Nyamhuri, Blessing Muzarabani

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	14	5	41	0	2.93
Zia ur Rehman Akbar	50	4	173	2	3.46
Mohammad Saleem	16	1	62	1	3.88
Qais Ahmad	5	0	32	0	6.4
Hashmatullah Shahidi	12	0	64	0	5.33
Abdul Malik	11.1	0	65	1	5.82
Shahidullah Kamal	10	1	57	0	5.7
Sediqullah Atal	4	0	27	0	6.75

Latest overs

Over 123 (ZIM, Abdul Malik): 1 runs, 521/5 – 1
Over 122 (ZIM, Zia ur Rehman Akbar): 1 runs, 520/5 – 1 • • • • •
Over 121 (ZIM, Abdul Malik): 5 runs, 519/5 – 1 1 1 • 1 1
Over 120 (ZIM, Zia ur Rehman Akbar): 4 runs, 514/5 – • 0lb 2 1 1 •
Over 119 (ZIM, Abdul Malik): 7 runs, 510/5 – 4 • • • 1 2
Over 118 (ZIM, Zia ur Rehman Akbar): 2 runs, 503/5 – • 1 1 • • •